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Plastics: Environmental and Biotechnological Perspectives on Microbial Degradation
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Plastics are widely used in the global economy, and each year, at least 350 to 400 million tons are being produced. Due to poor recycling and low circular use, millions of tons accumulate annually in terrestrial or marine environments. Today it has become clear that plastic causes adverse effects in all ecosystems and that microplastics are of particular concern to our health.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Danso, D., Chow, J., & Streit, W. R.
- Affiliations
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Streit, Wolfgang R.
- Venue
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2019-10
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 19
- ISSN
- 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5336
- PMC
- PMC6752018
- OpenAlex
- W2974748521
- Cited by
- 918
- References
- 128
- Citations by year
- 2026: 149 · 2025: 140 · 2024: 148 · 2023: 155 · 2022: 140 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 5
- FWCI
- 3.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (FKZ 031A565)
- EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (FKZ 031B0571B)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Keywords
- plastic biodegradation, plastic pollution, microplastics, polyethylene terephthalate, polyurethane, plastic-degrading enzymes, high molecular weight polymers, plastic recycling, metagenomics, biocatalysts, marine plastic pollution
- MeSH terms
- Biodegradation, Environmental, Biotechnology, Environmental Monitoring, Enzymes, Plastics, Ecosystem, Metagenome, Recycling, Microbiota
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